Bin Chen, PhD, is working on perfecting a therapy that could maximize the work done by cancer drugs. The method? Light. Photodynamic detection and therapy (PDD/PDT) is a process by which compounds in cells are activated...

Drug guidelines are established for a reason: they allow doctors to give their patients the best possible pharmacological care without needing to know everything about every drug at their disposal. But what’s...

As veterans have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan, we are witnessing the devastating effects of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a serious psychiatric disorder that is associated with trauma and combat...

Gregory Thielman, EdD, an associate professor of physical therapy at USciences, focuses on patients who are moderately impaired as the result of a stroke. Dr. Thielman worked collaboratively with researchers from Temple...

Tests that detect biomarkers might sound high tech or expensive, but they’re as close as your local drugstore. Pregnancy tests, diabetes test strips—they sense a biological marker and let you know it...

Falling is bad news for senior citizens—oftentimes resulting in life-changing injuries,such as hip fractures and head traumas, and an increased risk of early death. New research findings at University of the Sciences into how and why seniors fall may provide health care professionals with insight on improved balance and strength-training strategies to prevent tumbles by the elderly.